The recent Florida high school mass shooting which took the lives of 17 students and faculty has led to renewed calls for stronger gun control laws.
However, Florida’s cities and towns have little to no...

UK law firms that operate internationally must take a more active role in championing for the rights of the LGBT community according to Netanya Clixby, a committee member of the Law Society’s LGBT+ Division,...

Earlier this week, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced that the Human Trafficking Prevention Education and Training Act was being rolled out in the state.
Assembly Bill 1227 was sponsored by Assembly member Rob Bonta...

A new law has been approved by Dutch legislators under which all adult citizens of Netherlands are deemed as potential organ donors until they choose to opt out.
The newly introduced policy is an effort...

An unusual dispute in the district attorney’s office of the Susquehanna County in Pennsylvania could possibly open the door for appeals by criminal defendants affected by it.
Marion O’Malley the only prosecutor in the country...

The Quebec Court of Appeal will be hearing this week a case that questions the rules that govern the ascension process to the British throne. The verdict could have political repercussions in Canada according...

Under Canada’s gun laws, almost all guns that have been used in American mass shootings can be purchased. Nevertheless, Canada has not experienced mass shootings in the same scale as America.
According to a Canadian...

U.S. President Donald Trump visited a Florida hospital in the aftermath of the deadly high school mass shooting incident this week to meet the injured survivors.
Trump expressed sadness at the incident and applauded the...

Every time the United States experiences a mass shooting incident, Australia’s gun laws come into focus.
Nearly 22 years ago, weeks after Australia witnessed its worst-ever mass shooting, the country brought in drastic changes to...

The man suspected of killing 17 persons at a Florida high school shooting was caught shortly after committing the crime and has been charged.
Nikolas Cruz, aged 19 blended with fleeing students to escape after...

An Ontario courtroom is hearing a case that questions whether Canada's prostitution laws hold up under the law.
The case involves two persons Hamad Anwar and Tiffany Harvey who have been charged with over two...

Former Pakistani diplomat Karamatullah K Ghori has warned that the country is succumbing to “a deep malaise” referring to the rising intolerance with regard to a blasphemy law.
Ghori raised this concern particularly in context...

United States’ first daughter Tiffany Trump is hard at work studying for law school, this year instead of gracing the front rows of the New York Fashion Week shows.
Last year the 24-year old daughter...

Last year, a new law was introduced in the UK which seeks to protect victims of psychological abuse.
According to the Director of Public Prosecutions, the number of prosecutions that deal with violence against women...

The Trump administration released last week a proposed framework for immigration reform, which contains several of much-discussed changes to the country’s immigration policy including:
Demand for a $25bn budget to build the border wall
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A Reuters report has stated that the volume of cases involving FTSE 100 companies in London’s High Court had declined by nearly a quarter as a result of litigation concerning the financial crisis dropping...

Barring Québec and Saskatchewan, the powerful notwithstanding clause has been rarely used for over 35 years by Canada’s provinces.
The clause was negotiated in order to win provincial support for the Charter of Rights and...

A new Oregon law which cuts down sentences for selected property crimes has been ruled as unconstitutional by a Washington County Circuit Court judge.
Judge Charles Bailey made the ruling while presiding over a shoplifting...